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yiimúsich a little ways off
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lexicon ID #7081 | revised Feb 12 2016
yiimúsich • ADV • a little ways off
Derivation: | yiiv mus-ich |
far mus-DIM |
Source: WB 1680.1, p.401
Note: Pron. with short /s/.
- yiimúsich vúra utsîiprin. He looks from some distance off. [Reference: KS 05 Peregrine Falcon 015]
- chavúra yiimúsich tu'uum. Finally he went a little ways. [Reference: WB T3.33]
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xas muyiimúsich káru ník u'áraarahiti áxak yeeripáxvuhsa kaan kun'iin then a.little.ways.off also a.little he.was.living two daughters there they.live And (others) lived close by. Two girls lived there. Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full textitráhyar pa'asípiitsa káru vaa kóohoo imvarámpiitsa káru itráhyar síkih ten the.new.bowls little.ways.off that as.much.as new.plates also ten spoon There were ten new bowls, and also ten new plates, and also ten spoons. Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full textkári xas yiimúsich tu'áhoo then then little.ways.off he.went Then he went a short way. Source: Phoebe Maddux, "How Western Yellow-Bellied Racer was Transformed" (JPH_KIM-10) | read full textyiimúsich xas nihyárihish little.ways.off then I.stood I stood a little way off. Source: Violet Super, Violet's Picture (VSu-02) | read full text
Spoken by Violet Super | Download | Playchavúra yiimúsich tu'uum finally little.ways.off he.had.gone Finally he went a little ways. Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full textyiimúsich tóo tsîip little.ways.off he.had look.up He looked off a little ways. Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full textpayêem vúra yiimúsich vúra nikvíripshipreevish uxus now Intensive little.ways.off Intensive I.will.break.into.a.run he.thought "Now I'll break into a run just close to it," he thought. Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full textchavúra puyiimúsich uumára táma kúkuum utápichfak finally not.a.little.ways he.did.not.go then again he.slips.downhill Finally he hadn't got far, and again he slipped downhill. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Eats His Own Excrement" (WB_KL-14) | read full textyiimúsich úhyiivti chú páy axíich pipúniich táay íp imafúnvaansa little.ways.off he.was.shouting here! this child salmon.tail much PAST beggars Some distance (from home) he was shouting, "Here, children, this is the tail! There were a lot of beggars." Source: Lottie Beck, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-23) | read full textpúyava patée kxurárahaak yiimúsich vúra tóo kpêehva patu'ípak you.see when when.it.was.evening little.ways.off Intensive he.has shout when.he.has.returned When it was evening, he would shout a little ways off as he returned. Source: Mamie Offield, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-24) | read full textkári xás yiimúsich vúra ukpêehva axichapipúniishich then then little.ways.off Intensive he.shouted children-tail Then he shouted a little ways off, "Little children-tail!" Source: Mamie Offield, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-24) | read full textyiimúsich kúna uum táma upikyívunih little.ways.off in.addition 3.SG then it.fell.back.down But it fell down again just a little ways off. Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full textyiimúsich ník tu'uum kári tupikyívunih little.ways.off a.little it.went then it.fell.back.down It went a little ways, then it fell down again. Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full textyiimúsich tóo pmah apsunmúnukich little.ways.off she.had see.again racer.snake She saw Racer a little ways off. Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Adulterers Discovered" (WB_KL-39) | read full textvíriva yiimúsich vúra poo'ûupvutih so little.ways.off Intensive she.was.digging.roots She dug roots a little ways away. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Medicine to Get a Husband" (WB_KL-50) | read full textyiimúsich vúra utsîip pamukun'ikrívraam little.ways.off Intensive he.caught.sight.of.it their.house He saw their house a little ways off. Source: Chester Pepper, "Love Medicine" (WB_KL-51) | read full textxás mâam kúuk ukúniihva yiimúsich vúra then uphill to.there he.shot little.ways.off Intensive So he shot a little ways uphillward. Source: Lottie Beck, "The Kidnapped Child" (WB_KL-61) | read full textkáruma uum yiimúsich tu'íshunvaheen pa'ápuroon in.fact 3.SG little.ways.off she.had.hidden the.charms The fact was, she had hidden the charms some distance away. Source: Mamie Offield, "The Devil and the Girl" (WB_KL-64) | read full textyiimúsich xás pakuníkpaaksur little.ways.off then they.cut.off.them.off.straight They cut them off some ways out (from the trunk). Source: Emily Donahue, "Preparing Basket Materials" (WB_KL-85) | read full textxás pa'ávansa vaa vúra úkviipti kúnish yiimúsich payêem then the.man so Intensive he.is.running sort.of little.ways.off now The man is running like that, sort of far away now. Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full text